Fortunately for students and teachers, most of the Arctic Blast/Snowpocalypse took place during the winter break. However, students in east county did miss three days of school during the last scheduled week of school in December.
The state of Oregon requires districts to provide a minimum amount of instruction each year, ranging from 810 hours to 990 hours (depending on grade level). School districts are allowed to waive up to 14 hours due to severe weather.
David Douglas School District has told KGW TV that they will not (barring further snow days) be extending the school year. They already had enough school days planned into the schedule to cover the required number of hours.
Parkrose superintendent Karen Gray told the EastPDXNews that the Parkrose District is still within its alloted amount of time off as well.
Portland Public students on the east side missed only three days of school, but students on the west side missed up to five. According to the Oregonian, the district isn't sure whether they will be adding additional student days to the schedule yet; they do have teacher planning days at the end of the year that can be converted to student days.
